On Tue, 2005-10-25 at 03:10 -0700, Mike Carmichael wrote: > Hello, > > I've used OO for over two years, and now have a relatively stable > drawing product to market: > > educational generic drawing software > <http://www.ssols.us/lcenter/lcenter.html> > > Does anyone know of a beginners guide to marketing OpenOffice add-ons to > educational institutions here in the U.S.A.? Something simple would be > nice; step 1 is ..., step 2 is ... :-)
Nothing that I know of as specific to your needs as that. I have copied this to the education list as it might be more relevant there and others might know better than me! In general, find out which bit of the teaching programme your software will support. Teachers usually want specific solutions to the course they are teaching so if its maths target this if its art target this. You might of course beable to target both in different ways using the same software. What you need is a compelling sales proposal that appeals because it solves a particular learning problem and the more specific you can be the better. There is masses of software out there so your product needs to somehow get above the noise. OOo linkage will do that to some extent. It will also help to have trial sites which will give you endorsements and show others that it really works in the environment you are targeting. Hope this helps. -- Ian Lynch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> OpenOffice.org Schools Project --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
